High-precision weighing and subpackaging device

By designing a high-precision weighing and dispensing device, the problem of inconsistent tea bag weights was solved, and the precise dispensing of each component in the tea bag was achieved, improving production efficiency and the effectiveness of the health tea bags.

CN223521179UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-07CHANGSHA DATHAY NOURISH HEALTH TECH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202422700712.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-06
Publication Date
2025-11-07
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-06

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Technical Problem

Existing individual tea bag packaging equipment cannot meet the requirements for high-precision weighing, resulting in inconsistent tea weights and affecting the consumer experience. In particular, the proportions of various medicinal herbs or tea leaves in health tea bags fluctuate greatly, affecting their efficacy and taste.

Method used

A high-precision weighing and dispensing device was designed, including a distributor, a storage grid, a discharge structure, a weighing device, and a vibration mechanism. The device ensures material uniformity through multi-stage weighing and stirring blades, and achieves precise dispensing by combining with a control unit.

Benefits of technology

This ensures consistent proportions of all ingredients in the tea bags, improves production efficiency and consumer experience, guarantees the efficacy and taste of the health tea bags, and reduces human error.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a high-precision weighing and subpackaging device. The high-precision weighing and subpackaging device comprises a distributor and an equipment bracket, a stock bin is arranged on the upper portion of the distributor, a plurality of storage grids are arranged in the stock bin, the number of the storage grids is larger than or equal to the type of raw material components to be subpackaged of tea bags, and each storage grid is used for storing a single raw material component; a discharging structure is arranged at the bottom of each storage grid and comprises a discharging pipeline, a primary weighing device and an electromagnetic valve are arranged on the discharging pipeline, a mixing hopper is connected to the tail end of the discharging pipeline, a secondary weighing device is arranged on the mixing hopper, a Y-shaped blanking pipe with a reversing valve is connected to a discharging port in the bottom of the mixing hopper, and the Y-shaped blanking pipe is connected to a discharging port in the bottom of the mixing hopper. And the lower parts of the two discharge holes of the Y-shaped blanking pipe are respectively connected with a split charging hopper and a recycling hopper. According to the utility model, the subpackaging precision and efficiency of mixed materials in small-size packages such as tea bags can be effectively improved, meanwhile, material waste is reduced, and remarkable economic benefits and environmental protection values are achieved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the packing tea technology in the food processing equipment field, concretely for a kind of high-precision weighing and subpackaging device for independent tea bag subpackaging preparation. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the improvement of people's living standards and the increasing concern for healthy diet, as a kind of natural beverage, brewing type beverage is more and more favored by consumers, and independent tea bag becomes a popular packaging form in the market due to its convenience, hygiene and easy to carry. As a single-use consumable, it can be directly put into the cup for brewing or extraction for drinking when used, suitable for office or carrying out, saving tea time, and maintaining the purity and original flavor of the brewing material.

[0003] In the current food processing equipment market, the subpackaging technology of independent tea bag has achieved certain development, but there are still some problems. The traditional subpackaging equipment often cannot meet the high-precision weighing requirement, resulting in inconsistent amount of tea in each bag, affecting the user experience of consumers. In addition, considering that some health tea bags contain a variety of different proportions of medicinal materials or tea leaves, accurate subpackaging is crucial to maintain its efficacy and taste; while the existing health tea bags often use batch premixing technology before subpackaging. This batch premixing technology often sacrifices the accuracy of the proportion while improving efficiency, and the single tea bag is usually proportioned by cup, with a total amount of material, which is prone to cause large fluctuations and differences in the proportion of components in a single tea bag, thereby affecting the overall effect of the health tea bag.

[0004] Therefore, it is of great significance to develop a device that can realize high-precision weighing and subpackaging for improving the quality of independent tea bag and meeting the needs of consumers. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0005] The technical problem solved by the utility model is to provide a high-precision weighing and subpackaging device, aiming to solve the problems in the prior art and provide an independent tea bag subpackaging equipment that can guarantee weighing accuracy and improve production efficiency.

[0006] The technical problem solved by the utility model is realized by the following technical solution:

[0007] A high-precision weighing and sub-packaging device comprises a material distributor and a device support for vertically fixing the material distributor; the upper part of the material distributor is a material bin, a plurality of storage compartments for storing materials to be sub-packaged are arranged in the material bin, the number of the storage compartments is greater than or equal to the number of raw material components to be sub-packaged in a tea bag, and a single storage compartment is used for storing a single raw material component; a discharging structure is arranged at the bottom of each storage compartment, the discharging structure comprises a discharging pipeline, a primary weighing device and an electromagnetic valve are arranged on the discharging pipeline, the end of the discharging pipeline is connected to a mixing hopper, a secondary weighing device is arranged on the mixing hopper, and a Y-shaped discharging pipe with a reversing valve is connected to the bottom discharging port of the mixing hopper, and the two discharging ports of the Y-shaped discharging pipe are connected to a sub-packaging hopper and a recycling hopper, respectively.

[0008] As a further limitation, the device support is a steel structure support;

[0009] A detachable fixing buckle is arranged on the device support, the outer wall of the material distributor is attached to the inner side of the fixing buckle and can be fixed in position on the device support through the fixing buckle, and a layer of rubber gasket is formed on the part of the fixing buckle that is attached to the material distributor;

[0010] A human-computer interaction unit for setting parameters and controlling the structure of the device is further arranged on the device support.

[0011] As a further limitation, the material bin is arranged at the upper part of the material distributor, and the storage compartments are arranged in the material bin of the material distributor and are located at the same height plane.

[0012] As a further limitation, the storage compartments are detachably assembled in the material bin, and plug-in buckles are used to achieve detachable assembly connection between the adjacent storage compartments and between the storage compartments and the inner wall of the material bin, so as to ensure that the storage compartments will not be dislocated during the sub-packaging process after assembly.

[0013] As a further limitation, the top of the storage compartment is open, and a cover plate with a sealing structure is arranged at the opening position; a hollow interlayer for placing a hygroscopic agent consumable is arranged in the storage compartment and is connected to the cavity of the storage compartment.

[0014] As a further limitation, a spherical buffer cavity is freely connected in series on the discharging pipeline; the lower part of the spherical buffer cavity is placed on a ring-shaped base, and the primary weighing device is embedded in the ring-shaped base; the bottom of the spherical buffer cavity is connected to the rear section of the discharging pipeline through a discharging port, and the electromagnetic valve is arranged at the discharging port position.

[0015] As a further limitation, the mixing hopper is a conical hopper structure freely placed on a ring-shaped base, and the secondary weighing device is embedded in the ring-shaped base.

[0016] As a further limitation, the mixing hopper is formed with an inner bowl cup, the bottom of the inner bowl cup is communicated with the bottom discharge outlet of the mixing hopper; a rotating shaft is assembled on the inner bowl cup, and the inner bowl cup can rotate in the mixing hopper in a motor-driven manner through the rotating shaft; a stirring paddle is formed on the inner side wall of the inner bowl cup, so as to mix and stir the materials in the inner bowl cup during the rotation of the inner bowl cup.

[0017] As a further limitation, the mixing hopper is formed with an inner bowl cup, the bottom of the inner bowl cup is communicated with the bottom discharge outlet of the mixing hopper; a rotating shaft is assembled on the inner bowl cup, and the inner bowl cup can rotate in the mixing hopper in a motor-driven manner through the rotating shaft; a stirring paddle is formed on the inner side wall of the inner bowl cup, so as to mix and stir the materials in the inner bowl cup during the rotation of the inner bowl cup.

[0018] Beneficial effects: The high-precision weighing and sub-packaging device has compact and reasonable structure, small occupied space and convenient use; it is suitable for sub-packaging of health-care tea bags, can realize accurate quantitative sub-packaging of multi-component materials in independent tea bags, thereby reducing the failure rate of manual operation, improving the continuous production efficiency of composition tea products; meanwhile, the proportion and amount of each component raw material in each tea bag are ensured to be consistent, thereby ensuring the efficacy and taste of the health-care tea bags and improving the use experience of consumers. In addition, the addition of the vibration mechanism further improves the flowability of the materials, so that the sub-packaging process is more uniform and efficient. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is a schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the utility model.

[0020] Among them: 1, the outer cover of the stock bin;2, the cover plate of the storage compartment;3, the storage compartment;4, the stock bin;5, the plug-in buckle;6, the material distributor;7, the discharge pipeline;8, the spherical buffer cavity;9, the annular base with a primary weighing device;10, the inner bowl cup;11, the mixing hopper;12, the annular base with a secondary weighing device;13, the discharge outlet of the mixing hopper;14, the Y-shaped material falling pipe;15, the reversing valve;16, the recovery hopper;17, the sub-packaging hopper conveying belt;18, the sub-packaging hopper. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] In order to make the technical means, creative features, purposes and effects realized by the utility model easy to understand, the utility model is further described below in combination with specific drawings.

[0022] Referring to Figure 1 A preferred embodiment of a high-precision weighing and sub-packaging device, in this embodiment, the high-precision weighing and sub-packaging device is used for weighing and assisting in sub-packaging of health-care tea containing eight different components, so as to realize accurate proportioning and sub-packaging.

[0023] The main body of the high-precision weighing and sub-packaging device is a material distributor 6, which comprises a structurally closed stainless steel shell. The top of the stainless steel shell is open and can be closed and sealed by a bin cover 1 with an inner sealing ring in the open position.

[0024] The material distributor 6 is supported and positioned by a device support (not labeled). In different embodiments, the device support can be made of different materials and have different structural designs to meet different usage environments and requirements. The device support is provided with a fixing buckle, and the fixing buckle is further formed with a rubber pad on the inner side of the material distributor abutting portion. Through the fixing buckle, the material distributor 6 can be stably abutted on the device support, and the rubber pad can realize shock absorption and buffering in the running state of the device. When the fixing buckle is loosened, the material distributor 6 can be removed as a whole to facilitate cleaning and maintenance.

[0025] The inside of the material distributor 6 is a hollow structure. The upper part of the hollow structure corresponds to the bin 4, and the bin 4 is provided with a storage grid assembly position in the length direction in the same plane. Correspondingly, eight storage grids 3 are detachably assembled on the storage grid assembly position. The eight storage grids 3 are respectively used for storing raw materials of eight different components of health tea and discharging the raw materials. The two adjacent storage grids 3 among the eight storage grids 3 and the inner wall side wall of the bin 4 are tightly connected and fixed in position by the plug-in buckle 5, so as to ensure that the storage grid 3 will not be displaced in the bin 4 during the sub-packaging process. In addition, the plug-in buckle 5 can also enable the single storage grid 3 to be independently disassembled in the bin 4, and the rapid replacement and replenishment of the material can be easily realized by disassembling the storage grid 3.

[0026] A cover plate 2 with a sealing structure is installed at the top opening of each storage grid 3 to prevent the material from being contaminated by the outside during storage and sub-packaging. In addition, a hollow interlayer is also provided in the storage grid 3, which is used to place a hygroscopic agent consumable to keep the material dry and avoid deterioration of the material or decrease of the sub-packaging precision due to moisture absorption.

[0027] In other embodiments, the number of storage grids 3 and the volume of a single storage grid can be adjusted according to actual needs to adapt to different types and quantities of raw material components. For example, for health tea with only three raw material components, the number of storage grids can be correspondingly reduced to save cost and space. When the number of storage grids 3 is large, the one-dimensional structure arrangement of the present embodiment can also be replaced by a ring-shaped arrangement or an array arrangement in the planar space of the bin 4. In addition, the plug-in buckle 5 can also be replaced by other forms of fixed connection, such as hole insertion, to adapt to different usage environments and requirements.

[0028] At the bottom of each storage compartment 3, a discharging structure is provided, which includes a discharging pipeline 7, and a spherical buffer cavity 8 is connected in series on the discharging pipeline 7. The spherical buffer cavity 8 is made of a deformed material and is internally provided with a pressure sensor for detecting and adjusting the pressure in the discharging pipeline to ensure the stability and uniformity of the material during discharging. The structural design of the spherical buffer cavity 8 can effectively absorb the impact force generated during discharging, reduce the breaking and layering of the material during flow, and thus improve the accuracy and efficiency of the dispensing.

[0029] The lower part of the spherical buffer cavity 8 is placed on a ring-shaped base 9 with a primary weighing device. An electromagnetic valve is also provided on the discharging pipeline 7 and is used in cooperation with the primary weighing device. The primary weighing device is used to weigh the amount of material discharged when the electromagnetic valve is opened to achieve precise control of the material in the corresponding storage compartment 3. The primary weighing device includes a weighing sensor for real-time monitoring of the weight of the material and a control unit for automatically adjusting the opening and closing of the electromagnetic valve according to the set dispensing parameters to achieve precise dispensing.

[0030] Below the ring-shaped base 9, a mixing hopper 11 is provided, which is internally formed with an inner bowl 10. The inner bowl 10 is independently formed and can be detached in the mixing hopper 11. The inner bowl 10 is connected with the driving shaft of the motor through a quick-mount base and is driven by the motor to rotate in the mixing hopper 11. In addition, stirring paddles are formed on the inner side wall of the inner bowl 10. These stirring paddles can mix and stir the materials respectively poured into the inner bowl 10 through the eight storage compartments 3 during the rotation of the inner bowl 10 to ensure the uniformity of the materials before dispensing.

[0031] The mixing hopper 11 is a free structure and is directly placed on a ring-shaped base 12 with a secondary weighing device and can be accurately weighed by the secondary weighing device.

[0032] The lower part of the inner bowl 10 is formed with a mixing hopper discharge port 13 connected to the mixing hopper 11. The mixing hopper discharge port 13 is connected to a Y-shaped material falling pipe 14 at the lower part, and a reversing valve 15 is also provided on the Y-shaped material falling pipe 14. The reversing valve 15 can control the flow direction of the material in different directions according to the weighing result of the secondary weighing device to achieve the distribution and recovery of the material. Specifically:

[0033] When the mixed material in the inner bowl 10 is within the set threshold range as weighed by the secondary weighing device, the Y-shaped material falling pipe 14 controls the mixed material in the inner bowl 10 to fall into a dispensing hopper 18 through the reversing valve 15, and the dispensing hopper 18 enters the next process with the dispensing hopper conveyor belt 17;

[0034] When the mixture in the inner bowl cup 10 is out of the set threshold range, the Y-shaped dropping pipe 14 controls the mixture in the inner bowl cup 10 to drop into the recycling hopper 16 through the reversing valve 15, and the mixture in the recycling hopper 16 can be recycled periodically, and the recycled mixture is used for component screening and then returned to the corresponding storage compartment 3.

[0035] In another embodiment, a hose is installed at the bottom discharge port of the mixing hopper 11. The hose is vertically arranged and connected to the Y-shaped dropping pipe 14 equipped with the reversing valve 15 at the lower end of the hose. The hose serves as a dropping channel, and a ring sleeve connected to a vibrating mechanism is arranged above the hose to ensure smooth dropping. The vibrating mechanism provides vibration assistance during the dispensing process to facilitate continuous feeding of the material in the hose without material jamming, ensuring uniform dispensing. The introduction of the vibrating mechanism significantly improves the flowability of the material, making the dispensing process more uniform and efficient.

[0036] In this embodiment, the device further comprises a control unit for data communication and feedback control of the primary weighing device, the secondary weighing device, the reversing valve, and the electromagnetic valves in the device system. A touch screen operation panel connected to the control unit is also arranged on the equipment support. The operator can interact with the touch screen to set the dispensing parameters, start or stop the dispensing process, and monitor the dispensing status in real time.

[0037] When the device is in use, the parameters are set on the touch screen, including dispensing speed, dispensing accuracy, material type, etc. After the parameter setting is completed, the operator starts the dispensing program, and the control unit automatically controls the entire dispensing process according to the set parameters.

[0038] Firstly, the control unit controls the material in the storage compartment 3 to enter the discharge pipe 7 in sequence through the electromagnetic valve, and the spherical buffer cavity 8 controls the discharge amount of the corresponding material in the single storage compartment 3 under the monitoring of the primary weighing device; this process corresponds to the individual weighing process of each single material. Then, the material falls into the mixing hopper 11, and the inner bowl cup 10 rotates under the drive of the motor, and the stirring paddle mixes and stirs the material falling into the storage compartment 3 to ensure the uniformity of the material.

[0039] After the material is mixed uniformly, the secondary weighing device weighs the mixture in the inner bowl cup 10. If the weight of the mixture is within the set threshold range, the material falls into the sub-packaging hopper 18 through the reversing valve 15, and the sub-packaging hopper 18 enters the next process with the conveying belt 17 for packaging. If the weight of the mixture is not within the set threshold range, the material falls into the recycling hopper 16 for recycling, so as to realize recycling of the material and reduce waste. Specifically, the material in the recycling hopper 16 can be returned to the corresponding storage compartment 3 after screening, so as to realize recycling of the material.

[0040] The entire sub-packaging process is monitored and adjusted in real time by the control unit, so as to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of sub-packaging. The control unit can also record various data in the sub-packaging process, so as to facilitate subsequent quality tracking and analysis. The touch screen operation panel provides an intuitive operation interface, which is convenient for the operator to set parameters and monitor the state, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the sub-packaging process. Through the high-precision weighing and sub-packaging device, accurate control and efficient sub-packaging of various materials can be realized, so as to meet different production requirements.

[0041] The basic principle, main features and advantages of the present application are shown and described above. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited by the above examples, and the above examples and descriptions in the specification are only to illustrate the principles of the present application. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, various changes and improvements can be made to the present application, and these changes and improvements all fall within the scope of the claimed present application. The scope of protection of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A high-precision weighing and dispensing device, characterized in that, The device support is a steel structure support.

2. The high-precision weighing and dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that The device support is provided with a detachable fixing buckle, the outer wall of the material distributor abuts against the inner side of the fixing buckle and can be fixed in position on the device support through the fixing buckle, and a layer of rubber gasket is formed on the abutting part of the material distributor on the inner side of the fixing buckle. The material bin is arranged on the upper part of the material distributor, and the storage compartments are arranged in the material bin of the material distributor and are located at the same height plane position.

3. The high-precision weighing and dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that The storage compartments are detachably assembled in the material bin, and plug-in buckles are used to achieve detachable assembly connection between the adjacent storage compartments and between the storage compartments and the inner wall of the material bin.

4. The high-precision weighing and dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that The storage compartments are open at the top and are provided with cover plates with sealing structures at the opening positions; and the storage compartments are provided with hollow interlayers for placing hygroscopic agent consumables and connected with the cavities of the storage compartments.

5. The high-precision weighing and dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that A spherical buffer cavity is freely connected in series on the discharge pipe of the storage compartment; the lower part of the spherical buffer cavity is placed on a ring-shaped base, and the primary weighing device is embedded in the ring-shaped base; the spherical buffer cavity is connected with the rear section of the discharge pipe through a discharge port at the bottom, and the electromagnetic valve is arranged at the discharge port position.

6. The high-precision weighing and dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that The mixing hopper is a conical hopper structure freely placed on a ring-shaped base, and the secondary weighing device is embedded in the ring-shaped base.

7. The high-precision weighing and dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that An inner bowl is formed in the mixing hopper, the bottom of the inner bowl is communicated with the bottom discharge port of the mixing hopper; a rotating shaft is assembled on the inner bowl and can rotate in the mixing hopper in a motor-driven manner through the rotating shaft; and stirring blades are formed on the inner side wall of the inner bowl to mix and stir the materials in the inner bowl during rotation of the inner bowl.

8. The high-precision weighing and dispensing device according to claim 1, characterized in that A hose is sleeved on the bottom discharge port of the mixing hopper, the hose is vertically arranged and connected with the Y-shaped discharging pipe with a reversing valve at the lower part; a ring sleeve is arranged on the hose, the ring sleeve is connected with a vibration mechanism for assisting in vibration discharging during the dispensing process to promote the flow of materials and ensure the uniformity of the dispensing.

9. The high-precision weighing and dividing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, ​